It's my first time.

Here it is!  I am actually writing.  I swore before that I would never start a blog.  Blogs are open diaries I said.  Blogs are for narcissistic people I thought.  But the realization came that if I wanted to write something lengthy later, like a book, got to get the words out.  Got to practice getting the words out.  My excuse all these years is that I am not a writer.  I am a researcher.  I can find, collect, sort, analyze and everything else except write all the stuff I found.  No one is going to like how I write.   Not enough to keep their interest.  So I decide to take a second look at blogs.  There is another benefit to blogging.  I could have just started an internal personal diary with no one reading it.  The kind with a key and locked away behind my most personal items in a drawer?   No.  That did not sound as exciting as sharing and getting the word out. As I write this first post, I am eagerly anticipating what will happen next.  It's my first pass and it feels good!